Coupling for railway-cars.



Patented Aug. 8, I899.

No. 630,8l7.

L. M. 08082. COUPLING FOR RAILWA Y CABS.

(Application filed m a, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. 8, I899.

L. M. URUSZ.

COUPLING FOB RAILWAY CARS.

(Application filed July 5, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet z.

(No Model.)

i! "II -I MN I NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

LOUIS MATHIAS OROSZ, OF ERZSEBETFALVA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MORITZ HAY, OF BUDA-PESTH, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

COUPLING FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,817, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed July 5,1898. Serial No. 685,148- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: slanting back portion h orz", giving the hooks Be it known that I, LOUIS MATHIAS OROSZ, a heart shape, ending in a point K. a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, If two cars provided with the same device residing atErzsbetfalva,nearBuda-Pesth,in are to be coupled together, the shaft 1) is the Empire of Austria-IIungary, haveinventbrought into position by means of the crank ed certain new and useful Improvements in b, so that the arm 0 is horizontal, and the Couplings for Railway-Cars,(for whichI have shaft is locked in this position by means of applied for patents in England, dated May 5, the hook b engaging with the crank portion 1898,No.10,322; in France,dated May5, 1898, I). (See Fig. 3.) The two are then moved :0 No. 265,446; in Belgium, dated May 5, 1898, toward each other, and accordingly as they No. 105,712; in Austria, dated May 4:, 1898; are loaded or empty their bodies will occupya in Hungary, dated April 27, 1898, No. 6,002, higher oralower level and the upper orlower and in Germany, dated March 22, 1898,) of surfaces h or 2" of the double hook of one carwhich the following is a specification. coupling willengage with the boltZ of the dou- 15 Side-operated couplings for railway-cars blecoupling-linkgoftheothercoupling. The have hitherto not come into universal use, particular surface h or t" which engages with partly because they have been too complithe bolt Z determines which of the two hooks, cated and partly because the important fact whether it or 1', shall come into operation; but has been overlooked that the car-couplings in either case the coupling of differently- 20 are different heights when loaded and when weighted vehicles holding their couplings at empty. different levels is provided for. To support The object of the presentinvention is therethe link g, carrying the double hook, in posifore to provide a coupling for railway-cars tion upon frame f, the rear end or heel g of operated from either side which is charactersaid link engages apin f in the link-framef.

Z5 ized by great simplicity and adapts itself au- For drawing the coupling together a shaft m tomatically to the various load-levels of the is provided, which may be rotated with the cars. aid of the lever or crank m upon each car to In the accompanying drawings, which illus-" drive the worm-wheels n n. Fast with the trate the invention, Figure 1 is a detail lonworm-wheel n is connected a screwed sleeve 0 gitudinal sectional view of parts of two cars, 17, placed 011 the opposite side of the fixed showing my improved coupling in sectional plate T. On this sleeve 19 works the screwed elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of onespindle 0, which spindle terminates in the half of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows in two dedraw-baro,carrying the link-framef, pivoted tail views the operating-lever and lockingdeon the pin 6. For further supporting the 35 vice. coupling the link g is connected to the draw- Beneath the car-frame a is journaled an bar 0 on both sides by the pivoted rods :0 and operatingshaft 7), having its ends which pro- 3 so that in case the pin 9 or the link-frame ject beyond the car-body bent at right anfbreaks the pivoted rods 50 y will be drawn gles to form lever-arms or cranks h. At the out and the coupling remain secure. Before 40 middle of the length of the shaft 19 is rigidly the parts of the coupling engage the coup- 0 mounted a rock-arm c, which arm, through ling-hooks h and '6 may be so positioned by an intermediate link d, is connected to the means of the crank m that a secure grip of double arm or link g, working on the pivot the parts of the coupling is insured, and this 9 of the link-frame f and carrying the double is rendered possible by the fact that the arm 5 hook h 1'. With the help of the cranks b the c on the shaft 6 is connected to the link g, 5 shaft 1) may be rotated from either side of whichcarriesthedoublehookshanddthrough the car, carrying with it the fixed arm 0, and the intermediate link d. WVhen the coupthrongh the intermediate link (1 swinging out lings are approximately brought to position the coupling-link g, carrying the double hook by lengthening or shortening the draw-bar 0,

-50 7L i. The hooks h and 2' each terminate in a the cars are pushed together in the usual I00 manner, and then one or other of the hooks 72, or t' will engage by the sloping portion 71- or 21' riding over or under the bolt Z. It will thus be seen that only one-half of the coupling, either h or 2', engages the bolt Z, so that in the case of a hook or a bolt breaking the other hook or bolt will still be available for holding the coupling, and a double security is thus attained. Then the parts are engaged, the Worm-wheels 'n and n are rotated by one of the cranks m, thus providing a method of drawing the couplings together. The couplings are released in the same simple way, it being only necessary to rotate one of the cranks m in the reverse direction and after pushing aside the catch 1) to take hold of the coupling-link supported upon said supporting-frame, links a; and 3 connecting the coupling-link with the draw-bar and manuallyoperated controlling devices upon the car connected with the coupling-link, substantially I as set forth.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-bar, a coupling-supporting frame piv- 

